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Visionary, Platinum Selling & Grammy Nominated Pianist, Composer David Lanz Celebrates Illustrious Career With Poetic & Mesmerizing New Album, Movements Of The Heart
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1888 Media
Album Available October 8 Via Shanachie Entertainment “Looking towards heaven, I rise up and touch the sky. The unmistakable spirit of romance is in the air creating movements of the heart. And there in moonlight, I hear you in a song, as the adagio plays, heralding love's return." —David Lanz New York, NY: Some musicians have the ability to transform your very being with the gifts of their artistry. Master pianist and composer, David Lanz, is that kind of force. ...
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Hootsuite Adds Soundcloud App for Listening To, Posting and Sharing Music
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HypeBot
HootSuite is one of the more popular social media tools that allow you to manage multiple social media accounts from one interface. A variety of third party apps are available including the recent addition of a SoundCloud app that allows you to publish and share music via HootSuite. For those of you managing multiple social media accounts or just trying to consolidate every activity possible, HootSuite's SoundCloud app should be a welcome addition. HootSuite announced a group of new apps ...
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Southern and Rivers: High Notes
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Jeri Southern and Mavis Rivers [above]—two important jazz-pop singers who got their start in the 1950s—have just been treated to solid retrospective CD sets. Both collections offer an in-depth overview of each artist and provide insights into how singers were developed back then and routinely re-positioned by their labels in hopes of charting a hit. Southern [above] was a pianist who added singing to her act and wound up recording steadily just as the LP blossomed and the demand for ...
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New From Widow's Taste: "Art Pepper Vol. VIII: Live At The Winery," Due Nov. 5
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Live at the Winery, the eighth consecutive release in a series of critically acclaimed, previously unheard Art Pepper recordings on the Widow’s Taste label, will be released on November 5. Laurie Pepper began her company in 2006 in order, she said, to unearth previously unreleased Art and share it with his loyal and very grateful fans. This 1976 concert dates from the exhilarating early days of the alto saxophonist’s last comeback. “I thought it was time to focus on the ...
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Marc Halbheer's 5th Edition "confidence In Symmetry" Release Speptember 30th 2013 On Texit Music / Cadiz Music
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Marc Halbheer
Texit Music is proud to present the release of the cd CONFIDENCE IN SYMMETRY by Marc Halbheer's 5th Edition. Halbheer introduces a quintet with eminent personalities of the legendary Vienna Art Orchestra and the inventive guitarist Christy Doran. 5th Edition is the first band that plays Marc Halbheer’s work as a composer and arranger. He explains: “The desire to play my own music grew along side my experience as a performer. But what to write? How should my music sound ...
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Guitar Legend Steve Hillage To Release New Rovo And System 7 Rock-orientated Album Phoenix Rising
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
London, UK – Much to the excitement of music fans worldwide, guitar legend Steve Hillage is releasing a new album in the US with Japanese progressive rock/jam band ROVO on October 8, 2013 on Cleopatra Records. Steve Hillage is widely considered a guitar innovator, and is associated with the Canterbury scene, working in experimental domains since the late 1960s. Besides his critically acclaimed solo recordings, Steve has been a member of the ensembles Khan and System 7. But, he first ...
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Swedish Prog Legends The Flower Kings Reveal Release Of New Album Desolation Rose
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA - Swedish progressive-rock royalty The Flower Kings have had a busy year since regrouping in 2012 for the ‘Banks Of Eden’ album, and with a new creative vigor the band are following that with the fantastic new album ‘Desolation Rose’ due out in the USA on October 29, 2013. To be issued in a digi-pack, the US release will also include a bonus disc. The artwork, once again created by Silas Toball, can be viewed above and ...
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World Music Artists Indubious Set To Release Remake Of Sledgehammer Classic Peter Gabriel Song Lead Single From New Album Wake The Lion
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Ashland, OR: Oregon based roots-rock, power trio Indubious is set to release their groundbreaking new 11-song album Wake The Lion nationally on September 24th, 2013. The album features a dazzling remake of the classic Peter Gabriel song “Sledgehammer”. Wake The Lion was produced by renown electronic – dub musician GAUDI. The album features a progressive genre bending sound they have dubbed “RootsTronica”—an eclectic mix of Roots Reggae, Dancehall, Progressive Rock and Electronica, The early response to the music has been ...
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